Poetry Response: Bronx Masquerad

What I think of the characters so far is that they expressed there feelings and their past experiences about their life. I can infer that this poem is expressing the feeling Wesley is feeling about how black people are being treated. I can infer that Wesley wrote this poem because he feels the same way that happened Langston Huge. What their poetry reveals about Wesley is that he thinks everyone should be equal and follow there own dreams no matter what color or race you are. The word that best describe how the poet is feeling is that black people should have equal rights. For example, in his poem he wrote "that we blacks folks be good at fanning hope and stroking the fires of dreams deferred."

"Stopping by the Woods on a snowy Evening"

The mood this poem creates is that the poet is tired. Other poetic devises Frost uses in the poem is repetition. He repeated the same line at the end of the poem because, he wanted to make it powerful trying to get the point across saying that he really wants to go to sleep. I can infer that Frost is a tired man because in the poem it says "The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promised to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. I know because of the words he expressing are deep. I can connect with his feelings because when I am in school for a long period of time, I get tired.

"I have hands like my dad"

The inferences I can make about this poem is that the boy is proud that he has hands like his father. The words that best describe what the poet is feeling is pride. I think pride is the best word describes how the boy is feeling because in the poem for example, he says "I have hands like my dad, with the way he treats me, and how I want to treat my kids, with only my hands, I have hands like my dad." He describe how his hands are like his dad and how they are alike.

O Captain! My Captain!

The meaning or message of this poem is that the poem is upset about Abraham Lincoln's death. He view him as a captain because he was a great leader of the country. He compare his death into a boat sinking since he is the captain he died. The mood the poem creates is depression because the poet is describing Abraham Lincoln as his father and how mush he means to him and the country.
I think the poet use repetition to show how he feels about Abraham Lincoln's assassination. He is calling him to see if he is still alive. In the poem he says he puts his arm beneath his head. The poet also describe him cold and dead. He sees his lips pale and still, he has no pulse or will. Other poetic devises that are used are metaphor. The meaning of this device is that he is caring and proud for everything Abraham Lincoln did.

"Today is Change"

"Today is Change"
Today is the day
A time for a change
The day Obama made his way
Put old to new
Bad things a few
Today is the day
A time for a change

Today is a change
History is made
Chill'n' in the White House
Nothing was paid
We have a black president
He is a resident
Of the U.S.A.
Today is the day
Time for a change

Response #7

Title:Twilight
Author:Stephenie Meyer
I predict that Bella will tell Edward that she knows that he is a vampire. Bella one day started researching Vampires because Mr.Bonner told her stories about ware wolfs and vampires. Then she started realizing that Edward might be a Vampire. She went shopping with her friends and when she was about to go home, then Edward appeared. Bella knew that he could read minds. When he is an a certain mood his eyes turn a certain color. His skin is also very pale. Now that she puts all the clues together I think she is going to tell him that she knows his secret.

Inaugral Poem Response

"Praise song for the day" by Elizabeth Alexander
This poem makes me feel that their is someone who is willing to make changes on things that need to be fixed. The words I liked from the poem is "In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun. On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp, praise song for walking forward in that light." I think the poet choose these words for the Inaugral poem because she is saying that there is someone that is willing to make a change. Someone that has a rived, someone we have been waiting for. Poetic devises I notice are: Free verse, metaphor.